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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "you will be given 30%" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jefter Williams" <w.jefter@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:19:59 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM:JEFTER WILLIAMS
MANAGER {ABSA} BANK
OF SOUTH AFRICA.
ABSA BUILDING 12th FLOOR
C/o PRETORIUS AND VANDER
WALT STREET PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA.



ATTN: CEO/MANAGING DIRECTOR,


I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't know
each other before. Your contact is courtesy of Business online network via
Internet as I decided to contact you. But for purpose of introduction, I am
Mr.Jefter Williams the Bank Manager of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
(ABSA).

There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody has
operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the
records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Smith
B.Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by
profession and he died since 1990. No other person knows about this account
or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything
about this account and the amount involved is 22,500,000.00 USD.{TWENTY TWO
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS} .

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the
account is Mr. Smith B.Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that this message
will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will
sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the
full details of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us
together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any
account of your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your
country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am contacting
you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and
foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine
because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner,
who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later
immediately, if you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.

I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake
I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I
can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of
transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.
You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which I will make
this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country at
least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for
annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to
act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and
influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to
your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign
exchange departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 65% will be for me, and while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to
your earliest reply through my

Yours truly,
Mr.Jefter Williams

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